PAlady ~ doing okay ~ alittle tough to have all the kids here and to need them to help me so much ~ I am and have always been the strong one for the family for 20+ years and now I am feeling a bit...
Hi Gang, have been out of touch due to children and going to see new docs ~ My kids are all in visiting from college until the 25th and I have been recently to Cedars in LA to see what they can do...
Cloe ~ Pot holes ! Now there is something that should be outlawed !!!! I drive 20 miles to work each day in heavy traffic and it's enough with all the stopping and starting on the gas and the break...
Shannon, don't do the advil! I have the same issue with not being able to take those and it's just going to make you worse ! I am so sorry for you pain ! What has worked for you in the past when you...
Hi Ryand ~ I dream all the time now and i never did before , I thought it was the drugs :-) making me dream, but like you I am so excited to get a few hours sleep I don't care if I dream or not ,...
Tom, I am so sorry for your loss. Words are not enough at this time I am sure, but know you are in our thoughts and prayers and may your friend Buddy be in a better place for knowing you and may he...
Okay ~ I think I get the beach party now , but I want to know how we picture Tom in a thong LOL ! I want a four sided cabana with curtains I can open and close because when I get in too much pain i...
Hi all ~ I apologize but I can't find the thread where some wonderful people told me to take the pain meds to be proactive and not reactive ! But I am doing that and along with the PT and additional...
Scarred ! So good to hear that it went well ! I was just checking in to see if anyone had heard from you !!! Going out with fam for dinner now but so glad to know you are doing well !!!! CP...
PAlady ~ thanks so much for all being so accepting ! I am glad I found you all too ! Going to take Bionics message to heart and become more proactive on the meds and am going to finally take that...
Bionic ~ thanks for the message. You are so right and I realized that just telling my husband about all the thing everyone has said that I was actually harming myself by not being proactive and...
PAlady ~ due to the almost dying thing last year , when I was taking vicodin, vodka and advil (about 20 a day with a liter of vodka) due to pain I can't ever take another anti inflammatory so they...
Tom your a very funny man ! you make me laugh at least once on all the threads ! thanks for that laughter truly is the best medicine and as soon as I learn to stop running I will LoL !! I have a...
Scarred ~ love your hubbies plan ! I do that each day as well so that I have enough for work just in case and so I do not take more than the 8 that I limited to on the Tramadol ~...
Scarred ~ so sorry about the no sleep , not sure how you function but you are amazing ! Love your hubby! Hope all goes well tonight ! Dear heads ? Whose the hunter ? If you don't mind my asking are...
PAlady ~ well for someone who can't remember everyones background you do a great job ! Yes I work and I work hard and long! Want to laugh , I run two medical facilities !!! I am the true cliche of...
PAlady ~ The marines are sooo inexpensive ~ $10 an hour is what I had to pay and they did everything even moved the friggin piano and I thought they were goind to die doing it but they had a smile on...
I had physical therapy again today ~ I have two hours two days a week and for a few minutes after I leave I feel so darn good and then bam get home and I hurt so much I want to howl !!! I am trying...
Scarred ~ so glad you are getting help with your move! We had a flood on May 30th and my hubby traveled through the whole two months until last week and I had to move everything and go to all the...
Good Morning all ! I am so interested in what you are saying because , at times if someone even comes near my back like to touch it or me I jump it starts spasms in my back like my back is fighting...
Ryand ~ the bed we are buying is the $1400 Cal King...
Ryand ~ I actually am buying the bed off the Marriott site ~ They have the beds listed on a tab that says Marriott beds ~ I know just what you mean about sleeping on anything and we had to get rid of...
Hey Scarred ~ hope you sleep tonight ! Ladyred and Frances, fyi , I have the worst bed ever but am getting a jameson bed , it's the kind they have at the Marriot and it's the only bed I can sleep on...
Cloe ~ Yeah pdf is not the best format for a journal , I use word , it spell checks and I can edit and it's just more user friendly. (you dont' need a brain for word /community/emoticons/smile.gif...
a brain or a body ! good one Cloe ! What are you trying to do with the pdf?...
Hey Donna, thanks for the note ! I can't beleive how kind everyone has been ! This is my first (okay many first this week!) time in a place like this and it's been great! I love writing as it is so...
Hey Lonelyheart ~ I am new to this site a newbie to CP but I have been so grateful to all these folks for their time and advise and they are right, it's great to come to a site where others...
Hi Chutz ~ thanks for the link, will start using it now , best to be on the safe side if I get an side effects knowing what I was taking and when ! I haven't taken a pill today , limping through it...
Good Morning all ! Took the lunesta and the tramadol and slept like a baby. Woke up a bit hazy but the fog is lifting. I am so grateful to everyone for all the conversation and support! I am so glad...
Thank you both soooo much ~ in response to your questions I have had the MRI and yes there are MANY issues ! Degenerative disc disease, L3,4 and 5 fused T11 and 12 bulging,...
6 months everyday and just got the fun diagnosis of chronic back pain and the "lets try to manage your pain" speech. I am in PT and have been on vicodine but today got Tramadol ??? Anyway I take...